Hong Kong director Sung Gee Chiu's latest historical movie "72 Heroes" recently bagged two awards at the 3rd Macau International Film Festival. Following the news, the director talked to chinesefilm.cn about his movies and China's film industry.

Based on the story of 72 martyrs of Yellow Flower Mound (Huanghuagang) who sacrificed their lives during the 1911 Revolution, "72 Heroes" recalls one particular heroic event that happened during that time.

The director wanted to tell his story in a romantic style. "I always want to find a binding point between commercial movies and literary movies when telling a historical event." Chiu said during the interview. It seemed that the judging panel had admired his work by offering two awards at the festival.

Chui went on to talk about China's film industry.

He said the Hong Kong film industry is now shrinking due to unimaginative subjects and movie genres. He defined Hong Kong movies into four kinds: comedy, action, action with comedy and comedy with action. He said Hong Kong filmmakers faced fierce competition in the industry. He says the quality of their productions is still very high but believes they need to be more creative. Cooperation with the mainland is one answer. Chiu said this will certainly result in better films.

Chinese movies going global has been one of the most talked-about topics among Chinese filmmakers. Chiu showed his confidence in Chinese films, saying "As long as we can make good movies, we can succeed in foreign markets." He says foreign audiences may just be interested in Kung Fu movies. But once they learn Chinese filmmakers can tell a love story in a fascinating way, they will want to see other kinds of movies from China.

Finally, Chiu talked about his current projects, all of which are romantic stories. He believes literary films will find their audience and he will not stop making this kind of movie in the future.

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